Do you have any option to image the drive? I know Windows 7 is pretty adaptive to swapping components as long as you don't go from Intel to AMD. Once done, it should let you operate normally.
That sounds interesting - may come in handy in future. Luckily this reinstalled eventually. I had to wait an age on the "Where to install Windows dialogue", but could eventually delete all partitions and then install on the unallocated drive space. Everything seemed to be going swimmingly just now, until the very reason we reinstalled just reared its ugly head again.. W7 just hanging for seemingly no reason when trying to open anything related to windows explorer.
I haven't even installed any extra applications, just drivers from the Samsung website so beginning to think there is a problem with them. No idea if either of these things made any difference, I was just trying different things, or whether it was just patience I left setup seemingly doing nothing for about 45mins before it finally worked that won through! Very frustrating!
Have you tried installing SP1? Also, you could roll-back the drivers individually to the Windows one's to find your culprit if it is indeed a driver issue. I think you are spot on with this, I think there are bad sectors. I think this may have been caused by the first issue I was asked to fix with this machine. Office was causing W7 to bluescreen when opening any of the applications.
I fixed this issue quickly just by doing a repair on the Office installation, but I think the damage to the disk had already been done.
Unfortunately don't have another disk to try, but advised the user the best course of action would be to replace the disk.. A rather frustrating thing is that when you start Windows 7, it hangs at the start logo, and the time may last from minutes to hours, depending on why Windows could not start correctly.
In this situation, you may set it aside and do something else, only to find it keep freezing there when you come back; or you may force the computer to shut down and restart Windows 7, only to find Windows 7 is freezing on startup again and again. This situation is not rare and you are not alone in fury. Many Windows 7 users have the same experience.
So, the question here is: what should you do when Windows 7 stuck at loading screen? We believe there are many suggestions mentioned on the internet to cope with this problem, however, you have no idea whether they are credible or not. With that in mind, we have filtered feasible solutions for users to refer to. Start Windows in Safe Mode , and then restart your computer as usual. Yes, you read that right, just start Windows 7 in Safe Mode and then restart your computer without doing anything in Safe Mode.
The reason for doing so is that sometimes Windows updates or something else gets hung up. In this case, a forced restart won't get work. But if you try it from Safe Mode, miracle happens sometimes.
In the command prompt window, run bootrec. This should be helpful. Or you can also do like this: Insert the Windows installation CD.
Then it will load drivers and the screen should pop up to go on installing Windows. Click that option and it should fix the problem. If you have made full system backups in daily usage, things will become very easy. You can restore the system to a time when it works. Step 1. Start Windows 7 normally. Before you see the Windows loading logo, press F8 on your keyboard. Then you can see a variety of Advanced Boot Options.
Step 2. Choose Repair Your Computer and wait until Windows 7 repair mode is ready. Step 3. If you are told to choose keyboard, just click OK. If you are told to choose an account, choose your account, and click OK. If you have set password for your Windows account, enter the password too.
Then you can see System Recovery Options. Step 5. Here you can see all Windows restore points available. Try your best to recall when your computer is safe and sound, and choose the corresponding restore point. If you do not see the full restore points, check Show more restore points. Step 6. Click Next. Office Office Exchange Server. Not an IT pro? Windows Client. Sign in. United States English. Ask a question. Quick access. Search related threads.
Remove From My Forums. Answered by:. Archived Forums. Windows 7 Installation, Setup, and Deployment. Sign in to vote. Hi, I am attempting to install windows 7 x64 onto my pc and it hangs at the "Setup is Starting I waited for the screen to go away overnight but to no avail. My system's specs are: Phenom II x3 be MSI GX-G65 Motherboard with integrated video and the latest bios 2 Gigs of ram going to expand to 6 gig Seagate sata hard drive in IDE mode firewire and integrated audio have been disabled usb enabled but usb compatibility mode disabled no floppy drive and it has been disabled onboard lan has been disabled There was an instance where the installation got past that screen and asked me to choose a drive to install but none were selectable.
I used seagates utility to set up the drive with ntfs but that didn't solve the issue. Is there anything else that I should try? Monday, August 24, AM. Hi, You can run Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor , it will tells you about any known compatibility issues. If you have bit version of Windows XP installed, trying to perform Upgrade install and check if the issue persists.
Thomas Lin. Wednesday, August 26, AM. If not try it and let us know how it goes Your being the new Phenom II cpu, cannot say if this option is there in bios or not, just give it a try I am sure my installation media is good because it was used without incident the day before.
I will look into the hypertransport resolution and let you know.
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